Bag or package.



"PATENTED MAR. 13; 1906.

G. BELL. BAG 0R PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED Nov .15, 1906.

awvmsforv l/Witnesses IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. BELL, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' BAG on PACKAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. BELL, of

- Newton, in the county of Middlesex and for mmcemeat, sausage-meat, andother tion on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

' the condition shown in Fig.4.

moist articles" of food, the package comprising an outer case or bag oftextile fabric and a moisture-proof lining which is adapted to stiffenand support the bag, so that it maybe conveniently filled, and also to.confine the moisture in the filling and prevent it from soaking thecloth bag.

The invention has for its object to provide at the minimum expense astrong and durable package answering all the requirements of an articlefor the purpose specified.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bag embodying myinvention.Fig. .2 represents Figs. 3 and 4 represent perspective views showingdifferent stages of the operation of making the bag. Fig. 5 represents abottom view of the bag in Fig; 6 represents an enlarged section on line6 6 of Fig. 5.

The same reference characters-indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In carrying out my invention I take a rec tangular sheet a of cottoncloth or other suitable textile fabric-and unite two of the edges of thesame by a line of stitches, thus forming a longitudinal seam Z), thesheet being thus convertedinto a tube, as shown in Fig. 3. I

then closethe end of the tube that is to form the bottom of the bag by atransverse seam c. The bag is then turned so that the free edges of thesheet are within the bag, as shownin Fig. 4. The corner portions of thebag at the ends of the transverse seam c are then formed into plaits dd,which are closed and made permanent by seams e e, uniting the sides ofthe plaits at the bases thereof, the plaits being angular or Vshaped andlocated Within the bag. This operation flattens the bottom portion ofthe bag, or, in other words,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 15, 1905-Serial No. 287,454.

an enlarged sec- Patented March 13, 1906.

provides the bag with an approximately flat bottom which is integralwith the body of the bag, the body and bottom being in one piece.

The bottom thus formed is adapted to conform accurately to abottom-forming piece f,

which is a relatively stifi disk of cardboard or other suitable materialinserted in the bag and pressed closely against the bottom thereof, thusim arting a well defined circular form'to the ottom, as shown in Fig. 1.

- material, such as parafiined or waxed paper, the edges of said sheetbeing brought together to form a tube, one edge of the sheet overlappingthe other and being adapted to ed by the filling and pressed closelyagainst the bag.

a disk of similar waterproof material superimposed on the bottom-formingpiece f, the lower end of the lining-sheet being turned inwardly', asshown at g Fig. 2, and interposed between the bottom-forming piece f andthe bottom-lining piece It.

so that it can stand alone with its mouth and body open for thereception of the filling, the lining preventing the escape of moisturefrom the filling.

The described construction of the bag, providing a body and a flatbottom in one piece, reduces to the minimum thecost or labor andmaterial.

I claim- A bag composed of a body, mately fiat bottom formed in asinglepiece, a bottom forming piece supported by the said bottom, and amoisture-proof lining comsignature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. BELL.

Witnesses:

0.1 BROWN, E. BATcnELnER.

9 represents a lining-sheet of waterproof it represents a bottom-liningpiece which is The package thus formed is relatively stiff,

and an approxislip thereon, so that the tube can be expandposed of alining-sheet formed as a tube,

piece, the inner end of the lin- In testimony whereof I have affixed my

